ANKARA - These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on July 28, 2004. The Anadolu Agency does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

HURRIYET (LIBERAL)
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HEAVY COST OF NEGLIGENCE
When scrap-iron dealer Ilgaz family broke into pieces a container loaded with radioactive substances left around, they were exposed to radiation and suffered from cancer, without taking any compensation. 53-year-old Huseyin Ilgaz is suffering from lung cancer. Turkish Nuclear Energy Agency (TAEK) has to pay 3 trillion Turkish liras (TL) of compensation, including the interest, to this family. Doctor reports have demonstrated that cancer has metastasized in Ilgaz's body. Thus, cancer is added to health problems of a family which has also suffered from sterility and loss of fingers. The family will receive more than 3 trillion TL of compensation from the state, but they are paying cost of their treatment by themselves.

NATIONAL EDUCATION: NO KORAN COURSE
Turkish National Education Ministry yesterday said, ''there is not any elective Koran course in primary education.'' The Ministry denied press reports that ''Koran courses will be elective courses in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades of primary education''.

MILLIYET (LIBERAL)
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PROTEST WITH CHAINS
Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Enver Oktem chained himself to rails at Ankara Railway Station to protest high-speed train accident. Oktem said that the accident was tried to be covered up by accusing the machinists and he wanted Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim to resign.

LAST MINUTE SURPRISE
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during his visit to Tehran, will sign the agreement which will transfer Iranian natural gas to Europe via Turkey. However, a high-ranking official from U.S. Embassy stated that they hope Erdogan was aware of the uneasiness of the United States.

SABAH (LIBERAL)
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TURKISH INDUSTRY ACCELERATES ON EU PATH
According to 2003 report of Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO), Turkish industry overcame the crisis and entered a recovery process. Private sector made a great attack. Private sector passes state companies with six firms.

HISTORICAL VISIT OF ERDOGAN
Iranian press shows great interest to the visit of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who went to that country with his wife, daughter, businessmen and ministers. Iranian press said that political will of two country aim to develop cooperation and stressed that close cooperation against the United States and Israel was necessary.

CUMHURIYET (LEFT)
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FIRST CENSURE MOTION TO BE GIVEN FOR YILDIRIM
The Republican People's Party (CHP) decided to invite the parliament to hold an extraordinary session, and to submit a censure motion about Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim following last week's train derailment in northwestern province of Sakarya which claimed 38 lives.

SECURITY FORCES IMPOUND 81.6 KG OF HEROIN
Security forces impounded 81.6 kg of heroin in an operation in Gevas town of eastern province of Van. Acting on a tip-off, security forces stopped and searched a truck. During the search, 81.6 kg of heroin was seized. Two people were taken into custody during the operation.

RADIKAL (LEFT)
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A PRICELESS PEGASUS
During archaeological excavations in Gazipasa town of southern province of Antalya, a sculpture of Pegasus was unearthed. The sculpture dated back to 2,300 years, was found during the underwater excavations in historical harbor in Guneykoy region in the town.

ERDOGAN: ''INFRASTRUCTURE WAS COMPLETED''
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan advocated that the high-speed project was carried out on the basis of reports of technical teams and views of experts. He stressed that all infrastructure works were completed before the beginning of the high-speed train journeys.

TURKIYE (RIGHT)
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ONE MORE VICTIM OF TRAIN DERAILMENT DIES
Serap Sarikose, 19, who was seriously injured in last week's train crash in northwestern province of Sakarya, died. Death toll increased to 38 after Sarikose's demise.

CICEK: ''WE ARE WAITING FOR AUSTRIA'S DECISION''
Justice Minister Cemil Cicek said that they were waiting for Austria's decision about extradition of Alaattin Cakici, an organized crime lord recently arrested in Austria. Replying questions of reporters regarding the extradition of Cakici, Cicek said that Turkey asked for the extradition and it is up to the Austrian authorities to act. Upon a question, Cicek said that death sentence was abolished in Turkey and Cakici was not wanted for any political reason, stating that he should be extradited without delay.

ZAMAN (CONSERVATIVE)
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EMPLOYMENT RISE, BUT CAN'T CATCH UP WITH THE LEVEL BEFORE CRISIS
The report announced by Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO) indicated that production increased in parallel to economic betterment. But, the same development couldn't be caught up in employment. Companies listed in the report increased the number of their personnel to 518,000 with a 2.7 percent of rise. The number of people employed in companies was 587,000 in 1998. When this figure is taken into consideration, we can easily see how badly the crisis affected companies. According to Turkish State Institute of Statistics (DIE) figures, unemployment rose to 12.4 percent in the first quarter of this year.

PRIME MINISTRY ASKS FOR ''PRESENT'' IN RETURN FOR PURCHASE OF AIRBUS PLANES
It has been revealed that Turkey asked for ''extra'' planes from France to be allocated to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in negotiations on purchase of 36 Airbus passenger planes for Turkish Airlines (THY's). French officials who were first positive towards this demand, asked for some time to reconsider the issue as the bargaining was firm and price was lower than expected. Prime Minister's special plane ATA can be changed by another plane if Paris responds positively to Turkey's demand.

(UK-BRC-AÖ) 28.07.2004